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The Case of Holland
The article looks at three generations of Dutch and Flemish writers between the Second World War and the present day, arguing that it is possible to see how the subjects and style of narrative alter in relation to the penetration of translations of foreign (mainly English and American) fiction in Holland and in general to the growing internationalisation of fiction and the evident desire to address an audience outside Holland. While the post-war novels were deeply involved in national problems, stylistically dense and evidently addressed above all to a national public, the next generation had begun to transform national problems, and above all a fear of being irrelevant and provincial, into metaphors of an international condition; more recently contemporary Dutch and Flemish authors look for all kinds of strategies to make their work attractive to publishers in other countries.
The Case of Holland, 2013.
Autori: PARKS, TIMOTHY HAROLD
Titolo: The Case of Holland
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Editore: Carocci
Pagina iniziale: 9
Revisione (peer review): esperti anonimi
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: Settore L-FIL-LET/14 - Critica Letteraria e Letterature Comparate
Keywords: Holland, globalization, novel
Abstract: The article looks at three generations of Dutch and Flemish writers between the Second World War and the present day, arguing that it is possible to see how the subjects and style of narrative alter in relation to the penetration of translations of foreign (mainly English and American) fiction in Holland and in general to the growing internationalisation of fiction and the evident desire to address an audience outside Holland. While the post-war novels were deeply involved in national problems, stylistically dense and evidently addressed above all to a national public, the next generation had begun to transform national problems, and above all a fear of being irrelevant and provincial, into metaphors of an international condition; more recently contemporary Dutch and Flemish authors look for all kinds of strategies to make their work attractive to publishers in other countries.

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Badi Mata is a Hindu goddess of disease, one of a group of seven sister goddesses with similar associations. Badi Mata is worshipped by some tribes in India, such as the Saharia, and the Kamar. Her worshippers believe that her wrath causes people to suffer from smallpox. The worshippers sacrifice goats to appease her.

Badi Mata's sisters were Sitala Mata, Phul Mata, Pansahi Mata, Gusulia Mata, Kankar Mata, and Malbal. She was also associated with Choti Mata, who is associated with chicken pox, and Sendri Mata who is associated with measles.

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Bartholomew of San Concordio ( 1260 at San Concordia, near Pisa – 11 June 1347 at Pisa) was an Italian Dominican canonist and man of letters. He was the author of the Summa de casibus conscientiae (1338) and of the Ammaestramenti degli antichi.

Life
Bartholomew entered the Dominican Order in 1277, studied at Pisa, Bologna, and Paris, and taught at Lucca, Florence, and Pisa. He was appointed lector at the studium particularis theologiae at Santa Maria sopra Minerva in 1299, which has sprung from the studium provinciale at Santa Sabina in 1288, and which was the forerunner to the College of Saint Thomas at the Minerva convent, and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.

A preacher of renown, Bartolomeo was as learned as he was devout, as skilled in Latin and Tuscan poetry as he was versed in canon and civil law.  He is variously called "Pisana", "Pisanella", "Bartholomaea", and "Magistruccia".

Works
His fame rests chiefly on his alphabetically arranged "Summa de Casibus Conscientiae". The basis of this work was a "Summa Confessorum" by John Rumsik, O. P., Lector of Freiburg (d. 1314). Bartholomew arranged Rumsik's topic in alphabetical order, and added material on canon law.

Bartholomew's treatise was clear and concise, and it conformed to the newer laws and canons of his time. Evidently a highly useful digest, it was very popular and much used during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and was among the first books undertaken by some of the earliest printers of Germany, France, and Italy. Nicholas of Osimo, O.M., added a supplement in 1444, which also appeared in many editions. Others likewise incorporated the work in later handbooks, notably James of Ascoli, O. M., 1464, and Ange de Clavasio, O.M., in his "Summa Angelica".

Apart from several MSS. on moral and literary subjects, his works include "De documentis antiquorum", edited by Albertus Clarius, O. P. (Tarvisi, 1601) in 8 vo. The same treatise in the vernacular, "Ammaestramenti degli antichi" (Florence, 1662), came to be regarded as a Tuscan classic.

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Quetif-Échard, Scriptores Ord. Praed. (Paris, 1719), I, 623
Mandonnet in Dict. de theol. cath., 436
Panzer, Aelteste Buchdruckergeschichte Nurnbergs (Nuremberg, 1789), p. 18, n. 22
Hugo von Hurter, Nomenclator (Innsbruck, 1906), II, 612

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Jussie Smollett's Lawyer Says They're Ready to Depose Mayor if Chicago Sues Over Alleged Hoax
by Alberto Luperon | 11:50 am, April 5th, 2019
Chicago officials say they're going to sue Empire actor Jussie Smollett over an alleged hate crime hoax. One of his lawyers told the city they're ready to fight, and would want to depose top officials.
"In light of their apparent vested interest in the matter, we are confident that Mayor Emanuel and Superintendent Johnson will not object to providing their testimony under oath," attorney Mark Geragos said in a letter obtained by Law&Crime.
Smollett claimed in January that he was attacked by two men in a racist, homophobic assault. He said they seemed to recognize him from his show Empire, yelled slurs, put a noose on him, poured bleach on him, and one yelled, "This MAGA country." Skeptics called the story overblown.
Cops said in a press conference that they treated Smollett as a victim at first and investigated his complaint, but they claimed to find evidence that he paid two brothers $3,500 to help him fake the assault.
The alleged victim became a defendant, and he was indicted on 16 felony counts for allegedly filing a false report. Prosecutors then suddenly dropped the charges in a move that angered other city officials. Smollett maintains his innocence.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson continues to insist that Smollett is guilty. So does Mayor Raham Emanuel, who demanded the actor pay the city $130,106.15 for costs incurred as a result of the assault investigation. Emanuel has decided not to run for mayor again, paving the way for Lori Lightfoot. She will be sworn in on May 20.
Smollett's week-long deadline to pay back the money came and went. Now the city says it plans on suing him.
"Mr. Smollett has refused to reimburse the City of Chicago for the cost of police overtime spent investigating his false police report on January 29, 2019," said Chicago Department of Law spokesman Bill McCaffrey in a statement obtained by Law&Crime. "The Law Department is now drafting a civil complaint that will be filed in the Circuit Court of Cook Country. Once it is filed, the Law Department will send a courtesy copy of the complaint to Mr. Smollett's Los Angeles-based legal team. The Law Department will file the suit in the near future. As part of this legal action, the Law Department will pursue the full measure of damages allowed under the ordinance. The City of Chicago and Chicago Law Department will not have any further comment at this time."
This lawsuit remains hypothetical, and Geragos said they want to keep it that way.
"Mr. Smollett's preference remains, however, that this matter be closed and that he be allowed to move on with his life," he wrote.
Nonetheless, he argued that if the city does sue, they'll demand a production of the entire investigation file, and insist on hearings being public. They also want to depose not only Johnson and Emanuel, but Smollett's alleged collaborators Abimbola Osundairo and Olabinjo Osundairo.
Geragos argued that the lawsuit threats were "made maliciously and in bad faith." He pointed out that the criminal charges were dismissed and the case sealed, and said there was a lack of an investigation between the dismissal of charges and the city's demand for payment. He argued that the Osundairo brothers' alleged confession to working with Smollett was "self-serving" and made after 47 hours of interrogation while detained and only after speaking to their lawyers.
He also argued that that municipal code doesn't allow the city to sue Smollett after he already faced criminal charges.
"Our research discloses no cases in which the municipal ordinance has been used to try to get a second bite at the apple once charges against a criminal defendant have been dismissed," he wrote. "Thus, despite your repeated claims that you want to treat Mr. Smollett like any other citizen, the 16-count indictment against him followed by threats of further prosecution clearly constitute disparate treatment."
Rachel Stockman and Cathy Russon contributed to this report.
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Detectives are investigating whether a woman who robbed a Rte. 9 pharmacy on Saturday is the same one who robbed a Newton pharmacy about an hour earlier.
Framingham Police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said the unidentified woman robbed the Rte. 9 Walgreen's at 5:18 p.m.
The woman told the pharmacist, she said, "This is what I want," and listed off several different doses of Percocet pills, as well as another painkiller called Dilaudid, the lieutenant said.
When the pharmacist told the woman, "You don't want to do this," the woman responded by saying, "I have a gun, you have 30 seconds," Brandolini said.
The pharmacist said she gave the woman three pill bottles containing more than 730 pills. The woman then ran from the store and was last seen running across the parking lot, Brandolini said.
The woman is described as being white, in her 30s, 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall. She was described as being thin, with dark eyes, reddish-blond hair, freckles on her face and having pale skin.
At the time of the robbery, she was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, black shoes and a denim shirt with flowers on it. She was also wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap.
Brandolini said the Framingham robbery could be connected to a similar one in Newton.
Earlier that day, a woman held up a CVS pharmacy on Boylston Street.
In that robbery, a woman in a black jacket wearing a Yankees cap, a gray shirt, blue jeans and black boots demanded several types of pills from the pharmacist and lifted her shirt exposing what looked like a gun, Newton Police said.
The woman took the pills and left the store.
Framingham Police ask that anyone with information about the Framingham robbery to contact the detective bureau at 508-532-5924.


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Artwork captures Doncaster's meat market in the'80s
Doncaster's local heritage collection has been boosted by the purchase of a painting depicting the town's award-winning market.
'Butcher's shop, Corn Exchange, Doncaster', by John Sprakes
The painting by local artist John Sprakes, which is entitled Butcher's Shop, Corn Exchange, Doncaster, was purchased by Doncaster Heritage Services thanks to funding from the Friends of Doncaster Museums group.
The work is now on display at Doncaster Museum, and is part of a series of pictures completed in and around Doncaster Market by the artist during the 1980s.
Mr Sprakes said: "The area of the market, including the butchers' shops, inspired me to visually record the life and times of our much-loved market. The characters in the painting and the colours of the meat and aprons plus the reflected light in the machinery and tiles freeze a moment in time. The old lady stooping to pay for the meat adds character and atmosphere to the painting."
Speaking about the purchase of the painting John Wheeler, chairman of the Friends organisation said: "The Friends of Doncaster Museum were delighted to purchase John Sprakes' painting of the meat market. It is an evocative work that portrays one of Doncaster's treasures. It also recalls the wonderful exhibition of John Sprakes' work that the museum held earlier in the year. We are so pleased to see it within the museum's collection."
Cabinet member for culture, Coun Bill Mordue, said: "It is fantastic to see great work by an esteemed local artist taking pride of place at Doncaster Museum. Thanks to the generous support of Friends of Doncaster Museum, visitors will be able to enjoy seeing this important piece of local heritage in person.
"The painting is a beautiful depiction of our award-winning market, which continues to serve the same kind of high-quality produce that it did when this piece was painted."


Exmouth Amateurs Under-15 Girls' were desperately unfortunate to end up being beaten by a single goal when they entertained Tiverton-based Moors in a league game.
Needing a positive result to claim the runners-up spot in the table, Ammies came up against a goalkeeper in superb form and, when the goalie was beaten, the frame of the goal kept the ball out!
The Warren view surface was in excellent condition for the match and both team passed the ball well in the early exchanges. Both defences held firm and the first half saw just the one goal, scored by Jordan Bindon of Moors.
Ammies were deservedly level 15 minutes into the second half thanks to some terrific skill from Kyra Pearce who beat a number of players before rifling the ball home.
The visitors rallied and looked to attack at every opportunity, but they were thwarted by the commanding Emily Masters and Katy Worsley. Masters, named the Player of the Match in the previous outing, was just as assured in this game.
At the other end the Moors goalkeeper was certainly playing the star role! Time and again she produced stunning saves to deny Ammies the lead.
There were just 10 minutes left when a slick counter-attack saw Moors regain the lead with home keeper Anya Coles powerless to keep out the close range strike.
In the closing stages, following a period of sustained Ammies pressure that included the forcing of a number of corners, the ball looped up off a visiting defender and, with the goalkeeper beaten, the ball cannoned back off the bar only to be caught by a grateful gloves man!
Katy Worsley stood out for the hosts with an assured display at the back. This completes the season for Ammies and they now look forward to next season.


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I'm not that impressed with the list of features which they've chosen to implement in Royal Lotus. They have wilds and free spins, and those are the two most sought after features these days. There is nothing unique or rare inside though.
First, let's check out the wild symbol, the one showing you a beautiful Pink Lotus. Wilds are used as Jokers in most slots, being substitutes for other symbols when they land in the right spot. You can have winning combinations form with both regular symbols and wilds in them. In the long run, you will get quite a few more wins thanks to it. The one symbol that you can't replace with a wild is the scatter. The downside in this particular case, is that the wild is available only on the reels 3, 4 and 5.
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Royal Lotus looks like a fairly average Chinese themed slot machine, with graphics and features which you can easily find in plenty of other slots. That doesn't make it less profitable than others, just not as interesting.
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PRESTATYN get their Liverpool and District Cricket League Division One season underway this Saturday when they travel to Rainford.
There has been plenty of changes to the Beach Close side throughout the off-season, with incomings, notable departures and a change in leadership all taking place before the eagerly anticipated first fixture of the campaign.
Gareth Boughey has stepped down from the role of captain but will still remain part of the squad, with the club announcing a leadership structure that consists of David Harris, wicketkeeper Robbie Rimmington and Adam Tidswell, who will be the training co-ordinator and coach.
The club received a significant blow with the news that pacey seamer Kieron New has opted to depart and sign a contract with Bootle, with Dan Williams getting a fresh start at St Asaph.
Overseas star Peter Cassidy will not be returning as he looks to progress his career in Australia, with the club confirming that all-rounder Waqar Khan will join the squad in his place.
The new arrival is a leg spinner who also bats at the top of the order, and Khan boasts a wealth of experience in the Cheshire Premier Division and in the Liverpool leagues.
Teenage sensation Sheil Sethis is another that is expected to contribute heavily after enjoying a hugely successful winter playing his cricket in Australia, and he is also part of the Wales youth set-up thanks to a series of excellent displays.
Joe Horton and Gareth Leonard will also be part of the senior squad this summer, with talented youngsters Isaac Sheridan and Kieron Tidswell standing out considerably during the winter programme.
A club spokesman, said: "After a few players leaving the aim is to develop the younger players ready for senior cricket.
"We have a really strong youth section and lots of players coming through. It's been great to see some of the younger players train so well in the winter.
"A similar thing happened about 6/7 years ago where we had to rebuild but then that group of youngsters matured and developed, and we won the league.
"It will be a difficult season in a very competitive Division One, but in the long run looking at possibly this year and next season the club should be in a strong position on and off the field.


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Eco-industrial park – a sustainable approach for VN's development
Seventy-two enterprises in four industrial parks in Ninh Binh, Can Tho and Da Nang have saved a total of 6.5 million USD per year by using technology, efficiently utilizing natural resources.
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Vietnam expedites eco-friendly industrial park initiative
Greening industrial production in Vietnam
Hanoi (VNA) - Seventy-two enterprises in four industrial parks in the northern province of Ninh Binh, the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho and the central city of Da Nang have saved a total of 6.5 million USD per year by using technology, efficiently utilizing natural resources and enhancing clean production.
More than 3,100 managers and technicians have been trained in eco-industrial park (Photo: VietnamPlus)
The project "Implementing Eco-industrial park (EIP) initiative for sustainable industrial zones in Vietnam" has been jointly carried out by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) for a year. It has a total investment of more than 5 million USD co-funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the Swiss Government through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) in the framework of the Global Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Programme.
The initiative was piloted at Khanh Phu and Gian Khau industrial parks in Ninh Binh; Hoa Khanh industrial park in Da Nang; and Tra Noc 1 and Tra Noc 2 industrial parks in Can Tho.
It focused on increasing the transfer, deployment and diffusion of clean technologies and practices for the minimisation of hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, as well as water pollutants and the good management of chemicals in the industrial parks.
Via the project, enterprises in the above-mentioned industrial parks are provided with information on the latest technology and advice on cleaner production solutions, helping them take full advantage of raw materials,use energy efficiently, save water as well as ensure safety in using chemicals and managing wastewater.
The project's solutions for resource efficient and cleaner production have led to total saving of annual demand of more than 22,000 MWh of electricity, over 600,000 m3 of freshwater, some 140 TJ of fossil fuels, and nearly 3,600 tonnes of chemicals and waste. These solutions also led to a decrease of 32 kt of CO2 every year.
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
At a workshop to review the project on June 12, Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Beatrice Maser Mallor said the government of Switzerland will support Vietnam in its transformation to a greener economy.
The initiative is one of the flagship programmes in Switzerland's economic cooperation and development framework for Vietnam, she stressed, noting its main objective is to demonstrate the viability and benefits of sustainable industrial parks in Vietnam's industrial development policy.
The project provided training for more than 3,100 managers and technicians, towards creating a common understanding of EIPs and sharing international experience, good practices and their application in Vietnam.
The training helped attendees to learn EIP resources and tools available; and understand and learn about the opportunities as well as associated challenges in applying and replicating the EIP concept in Vietnam.
The project also supported the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam in developing policies and guidelines to facilitate the transformation of industrial zones into EIPs. They include guidelines on how to access green financing, what to do to prevent, prepare and respond to environmental accidents, and many others.
UNIDO Country Representative in Vietnam Le ThiThanhThaosaidthe transformation of conventional industrial parks into eco-industrial parks will be a good opportunity to attain inclusive and sustainable industrial development in Vietnam.
The EIP initiative constitutes another step forward in UNIDO's supports for Vietnam in efficientenergy use and cleaner production in industry over the past 20 years, Thao said.
She expressed her belief that the project's successes will create a firm foundation for expanding the EIP model in Vietnam, contributing to protecting the environment, gaining sustainable development, raising Vietnam's competitiveness and attracting high quality investment into the country, especially from the private sector. -VNA
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Efforts made to help Myanmar return to normal life
PM instructs promoting multilateral diplomacy
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underlined the need to further promote and scale up multilateral diplomacy, and external activities must be implemented with sincerity, trust, equality and respect, with an willingness to listen for effective cooperation and common development, thus laying the foundation for making full use of international resources for the national sustainable development.
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Samsung Vietnam's 2021 revenue tops 74 billion USD
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Vietnam-US trade hits record high in 2021
Bilateral trade between Vietnam and the US set a new milestone, hitting 111.56 billion USD in 2021, up nearly 21 billion USD over the previous year, according to the General Department of Customs.
Important step forward for Vietnamese, EU firms in socio-economic recovery
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on December 30, 2021 issued a resolution allowing the implementation of a number of mechanisms and policies in the healthcare sector serving COVID-19 prevention and control activities, including the management of drug and drug ingredients.
Petrol prices rise by over 400 VND per litre
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Boko Haram now has its own slick online media channel that will be used by the terror group to propagate radicalism, spread propaganda, sanitize its ideology of death and also showcase its bloodthirsty and savage military campaigns. The media channel is called Urwah al-Wuthqa (The Indissolube Link) and its design and features closely resemble those of al Furqan Media Foundation – ISIL's official media outlet. Urwah al-Wuthqa currently broadcasts audio propaganda, militant videos and press statements.
The resemblance of the two media outlets indicates that Boko Haram is mirroring ISIL, and the terror group is also laying the foundation for a prospective alliance with ISIL that will see both terror groups coordinate their terror activities. If Boko Haram and ISIL form an extremist alliance, it will extend the specter of jihadi terrorism and the corresponding arc of instability from South-East Asia to West Africa.
The creation of the new channel by Boko Haram depicts an evolution of strategies, with the terror group seeking to extend its influence outside Nigeria. This view is supported by the fact that the slick videos broadcast by the channel features English and Arabic subtitles, indicating an intent to reach non-Hausa and non-Kanuri speaking demographics. Previous Boko haram videos were in Hausa (a local language widely spoken in Northern Nigeria) or Kanuri (the native language of Kanuris – the predominant ethnic group in Borno State) language.
Boko Haram (also known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunnah Li-l-Daw'ah wa-l-Jihad) previously produced terrible low-quality and grainy videos which were sent to media outlets before being posted to the internet. This pointed to Boko Haram's lack of media strategy. An effective media strategy is something Sunni Jihadists value, and it is quite evident that other Sunni jihadists advised and assisted Boko Haram to strategize on its media plan and also create its media channel.
The debut interview broadcast by Urwah al-Wuthqa bore the hallmarks of ISIL; professional graphics, introductory anthem, blurred faces; and the waving black Islamist flag tucked at the corner of the screen. The introductory anthem was the nasheed popularized by ISIL, ummati qad laha al-fajr – roughly translated into English as; the dawn of the ummah has appeared. The Hausa interview had English and Arabic subtitles, suggesting that the video production was contracted out.
Urwah al-Wuthqa also created a twitter account which was immediately followed by ISIL members and ISIL sympathisers. Joyous ISIL dastards have also been pushing out Boko Haram messages to the wider world. Moreover, they are responsible for the sudden professionalism and sophistication in the expression of the messages posted by Boko Haram. Quite tellingly is the fact that all the messages posted by the Nigerian insurgent group were in Arabic as opposed to English – Nigeria's official language; or Hausa.
The US intelligence community assesses that Boko Haram and ISIL have not converged and that no evidence exists to indicate cooperation between the two terror groups, but they do attest to the fact that the current development of Boko Haram media strategy may indicate superficial cooperation between the terror groups.
The imminent objective of Boko Haram is to create an Islamic Caliphate that covers Nigeria and the neighboring regions; unlike ISIL which seeks a trans-continental Caliphate. However, this does not discredit the existence of a common strategic vision between the two insurgent groups.
SIS has observed a convergence of terror ideology, public rhetoric and operational strategies between the two terror groups and warns that it may go deeper than the current assessment that such convergence only indicates a marriage of convenience.
The recent video broadcast showing Boko Haram training child soldiers indicates that Boko Haram is broadly embracing ISIL tactics and propaganda. Moreover, Boko Haram has changed its military strategies from hit-and-run attacks (a classic guerrilla tactic) to aggressively fighting off the Nigerian military and capturing territory – a tactic popularized by ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
In case an alliance is formed between the two terror groups, ISIL will be the greatest beneficiary as such an alliance will enable the Arab-dominated terrorist organization to extend its grasp outside the Middle East and into West Africa – ISIL is currently encroaching on Afghanistan, North Africa and the Caucasus regions. The alliance will also enable ISIL to outdo its jihadist rival, Al Qaeda, as far as Africa is concerned.
At the moment, ISIL is courting Boko Haram. Boko Haram considers an alliance with ISIL as desirable because it can gain recruits, funds and also legitimize the terror group as a bona fide member of the global Jihadist insurgency.
Nonetheless, SIS considers such an alliance as fraught with risks for three main reasons. First of all, Abubakar Shekau – the leader of Boko Haram – is an irrational control freak who somewhat managed to create a cohesive group out of atomized assemblies of Muslim extremists; and it is quite unlikely that he will relinquish power to Arab jihadists (Al Qaeda itself has failed to make significant inroads into Nigeria). Secondly, Boko Haram is quite wary of entering into an alliance that will induce the international community to form a coalition to fight them. Boko Haram is quite happy with the current situation where they only face the incompetent and ill-disciplined Nigerian army. Finally, even though Boko Haram shares a sense of spiritual unity with Arab jihadists, cultural differences would preclude Boko Haram from allowing itself to be subsumed into an Arab entity.
All in all, the evolving turn of events will ultimately decide the depth of Boko Haram-ISIL alliance.


The ACP Advocate Blog: You say you want a revolution. . .
"The system has constrained primary care fees while systematically increasing overhead. The system has listened to well meaning researchers and -ologists to declare primary care physicians in need for quality improvement. The system has undervalued the value of a good primary care physician. The system has, without consciously meaning to, held primary care in contempt.
I have the greatest respect and affection for Dr. Centor. He writes the always interesting (and entertaining!) DB's Medical Rants blog and has been a mentor to me on the fine art of blogging, As a member of the ACP Health and Public Policy Committee (which I help staff), Bob is unafraid to challenge conventional thinking, often expressing healthy skepticism about the latest policy fad of the day.
But now, I am the one who is skeptical. Bob's premise that "decreasing numbers of primary care physicians are taking Medicare . . . "and that "so many primary care physicians . . . are retreating to retainer practices" just didn't read true to me.
So I went looking for the evidence, and found that retainer [otherwise known as concierge] practices are growing—but they constitute a very, very small niche of perhaps several hundred physician practices, concentrated mostly on the East and West coasts. I also found, counter-intuitively, given the ongoing specter of Medicare payment cuts--that the percentage of general internal medicine physicians who participate in Medicare reached an all-time high in 2010.
• Six years ago, the GAO did a study that found that "Concierge care is practiced by a small number of physicians located mainly on the East and West Coasts. Nearly all of the 112 concierge physicians responding to GAO's survey reported practicing primary care.
• An updated 2010 report on retainer-based practices, conducted by the University of Chicago for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission "found listings for 756 retainer-based physicians, which could be seen as a lower limit for the number of physicians practicing this model of care. This is an increase from the 146 retainer physicians identified by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a 2005 report...the vast majority of retainer physicians are primary care physicians. Of the 333 physicians for whom we were able to collect specialty information, more than three quarters were internists, and a fifth specialized in family medicine." The study also found that the presence and distribution of concierge practices is very uneven by geographic area, with most concierge practice being on the East and West coasts and many states have few if any retainer practices.
• According to official CMS data files, in 2010, over 97% of internal medicine physicians signed an agreement to participate in Medicare (and accept the Medicare rates), a record number, and the percentage of internists participating in Medicare has increased each and every year since 2000 (when it was a little over 90%).
• ACP's 2009 membership survey found that that only 0.5% of respondents said that they would switch to concierge/boutique medicine when asked to describe their expected professional situation in the next one to three years.
I don't question Bob's overall hypothesis, which is that more and more primary care physicians are dissatisfied with current practice models and looking for alternatives. But at least so far, it doesn't appear that internists are dropping out of Medicare, or that very large numbers see retainer practices as the solution.
Can retainer practices, which depend on primary care physicians seeing fewer patients and charging them out-of-pocket for improved access and time with the doctor, be the real solution to the crisis in primary care? Well, you know, I love to see the plan. Retainer practices may work for some physicians, and some patients, in some markets, but I don't see the plan for them to be a real solution, and so far, it seems like most primary care physicians don't either.
Today's questions: What do you think of Dr. Centor's premise that primary care physicians are staging a quiet rebellion manifested by more joining retainer practices or dropping Medicare? And do you see retainer practices as a real solution?
You bob on your perch in DC will not see the shift on the ground until very late in game.
The change is very slow and insidious. In your mind what is Hospital medicine? Hospitalists may "participate" in medicare but receive a healthy subsidy of over 100K a year on average, without which it is hard to imagine how the specialty could even exist.
There was a survey some time ago which showed that nearly 20% of General Internists were no longer in Medicne altogether. Some are moving into the management and business side of medicine, some are moving into other services like cosmetic medicine. Many more are trudging along, not because they are happy with the current situation, but because they feel trapped. Concierge medicine is but yet another manifestation of this escape. Some, esp. those over 60 who worked and saved in the pre-SGR era of medicine are calling it a day earlier than they perhaps otherwise would have.
There is no new General Internist under the age of 47 in our town.
That void is getting filled even if inadequately by a variety of providers, but it is not in a way that is beneficial to the patient as a whole. We are seeing more fragmented care, less well coordinated care, less quality OP care with more resulting admissions etc. A solution there is, but a very inadequate one and probably a more expensive one.
The sad part about all of this is that the public had no role in this destruction of OP General IM. This was inflicted on them by the RUC of the AMA. We have not been valued for what we contributed and having lost faith that things will change in the foreseeable future, are each making decisions in our own ways. Let the system go where it must, and its defenders in DC keep thinking there is no shift on the ground.
I only wish I could find a cash or retainer practice in my area, and I have looked. For over 20 years I have been bombarded by doctors who want to maximize my insurance.
As a business person I have cringed at some of the statements made by doctors. Good decent people all, but the nature of an insurance based practice turns them into something less than professional.
As a patient I would be disabled at best, or simply dead. The drug cocktails or surgeries, not recommended but demanded, leaves the whole profession at risk of being marginalized. One doctor wanted all of his patients to have a BMI of 20 or less and unlike other doctors, he was not afraid to up the dose of fen-phen. Another doctor also used the 20 BMI standard but preferred lipo, and my bad knees most certainly needed surgery to repair, even though previous specialist had stated this would be of no use.
The list goes on and on and delves into some very personal issues, but the rush of the insurance based practice does not allow the necessary time to deal with my personal situation.
My weightlifter body means I weigh more than others and my cardio responses are different, yet I have watched doctors disregard specialist reports in favor of what they know is best: Medicate me so as to maximize my insurance and their income.
This change can not happen fast enough for me. Bob has got this right, doctors don't like the current form of practicing medicine, and patients who have a choice, will look to the cash or retainer physician for their medical needs. This is the future of private practice medicine.
Unfortunately for the ACP, you Bob, will continue to believe what you have always believed. So trying to convince you is not my premise.
What I predict will happen in about 5-10 years is that there will be a two-tier system - one where patients will pay appropriately for the care and attention they feel they deserve (roughly 10%)and the rest will stand in lines to be seen by the next available PCP or more likely the next available PA/NP.
Even then you will be saying what you have just said, and you will not be incorrect. But PC IM will be nearly dead (long live the ACP).
Expanding on Arvind's point, the coming market segmentation will produce some interesting dynamics. Those in a retainer practice will be not only the wealthy, but those who are able to combine this care model with a higher deductible insurance policy. Already some average people have found this to be cost effective.
The bulk of the population will continue with the insurance model now in place. They will feel their co-pays and monthly premiums equals' quality medical care. The problem, from my perspective, is that with the growing corporate ownership of medical practices these people will be pushed into over use of our medical resources. There will be no cost savings.
These people will be pushed from test to test and medicated to the latest standards, all aided by a perversion of EMR's, in an effort to maximize insurance revenue. Given the trend, this will translate into government spending.
Cash practices will not only attract the low income but also those who wish to opt out of the insurance merry go round and maintain a high deductible policy, or those with no real medical issues.
Next week my wife and return to Paris, a trip we have been making yearly for over two decades. Misconceptions abound on both sides of the Atlantic concerning medical care and payments. Many in Europe believe we have people wandering the street, thrown out of their homes due to medical bills. Those in America speak of our superior system.
My reality is that in Europe you are treated for the problem at hand. A doctor will ask if there are any other medical issues you wish to discuss, but treatment is confined to the issue presented. There is also only one price.
In America the drive is to feed the medical monster. Often presented medical issues are ignored in an effort to maximize income. Well sir this problem is minor, but we see you have put off some invasive test you insurance will pay for, we have an opening next week, does Wednesday or Thursday work best?
The retainer and cash practice returns doctors to practicing medicine, develops relationships, returns a patients voice to treatment decisions, and often can cost both the patient and system less while improving the doctor's income and work/life dynamics.
Do we really want to be in practices where patients pay extra for us to pamper them?
The patients who are ill and consequently less able to pay for extras will likely need us more, but we will be caught up with people who pay to talk endlessly about whether they really need annual carotid duplex scans because they occasionally feel dizzy.
I would choose hospitalist work over that.
It can be overwhelmingly busy, but it feels right to be taking care of people who need what I have to offer.
And I don't want to be a hospitalist.
I don't want our profession to become enmeshed in shift work mentality.
I agree with Dr. Bob Centor that the "quiet rebellion" is the extinction of outpatient general medicine. Concierge practices and opting out of Medicare is not the main exodus. It is leaving practice all together, becoming a hospitalist, or going to the VA system. No matter what the path, the numbers of outpatient internists available to the general population is going the way of the dodo.
The best is yet to come. As Medicare starts to use sticks on the internists that are not using e prescribing, using EMR's, or reporting quality data, the pace will pick up. As Medicare requires a full blown progress note with certain data recorded to order a wheelchair or home health, the pace will pick up. As the RVU of office visits remain flat, the pace will pick up. As more and more non-reimbursed work falls onto the internist, because no one else is willing to do it, the pace will pick up.
Just like any natural disaster, only a few will know what devastation is on the way. The rest will be in shock after the storm has moved through.
I disagree with Dr. Larson's comment about working for the VA system being the equivalent of an exodus from primary care. Right now I provide primary care for a panel of about 850 veterans of all ages and income levels. Visits for established patients are 30 minutes, and new patient visits are 60 minutes. Although there are plenty of bureaucratic hassles that I hate dealing with, it at least allows me to continue working in primary care. If I had to work in private practice or be a hospitalist, I'd switch careers.
I did not mean that internists going to the VA system is death to primary care. The VA system is much more primary care friendly than in the private sector. Since the VA system shifted to a primary care system, quality has gone up in the VA system. The point I was making is that when an internist goes to the VA, they are no longer available to community patients. Our community has lost several primary care physicians to our local VA system, and they are much happier for it.
Enjoy year-round sunshine with a month paid vacation. Earn 300K plus production bonus. No state tax! No call! Daily I'm bombarded with glossy postcards promising the good life.
With so many options, why are physicians fleeing medicine? Some leave for teaching, waitressing, even homemaking. Others escape into administration, insurance or pharmaceutical positions. Many simply retire in despair.
Robert Centor MD writes about our quiet rebellion: "This rebellion has no Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin; no Abbie Hoffman or Che Guevera. This rebellion occurs one physician at a time, as that physician finds continuing their practice undesirable."
And the truth behind the exodus?
There can never be year-round sunshine for physicians working in an unjust health-care system.
And $300,000 can never be enough to numb the pain of dedicating one's life to a profession that has lost it's soul. A month's vacation can only distract us from our suffering for about thirty days.
Now is not the time for doctors to give up call but to accept a call to action. Ours is a sacred obligation, a covenant with patients. America's greatest dreams can never be delivered by politician-saviors. We are the saviors we've been waiting for.
Years ago, I stopped pursuing the elusive production bonus; I stepped off the treadmill to follow my heart. And I discovered: To heal my patients, I had to first heal my profession. So I led town hall meetings inviting citizens to design their ideal clinic. Celebrated since 2005, our model has sparked a populist movement: Americans are creating ideal clinics and hospitals nationwide. One hospital CEO now affectionatley calls me "his MLK."
More than a quiet rebellion, we need a non-violent social revolution led by doctors. Medicine needs a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I think I'll apply for the job.